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27 July 2013

Panic....

Hello!
Back to my standard 'go to' comfort projects today...a painty panel!!!
I've been trying out a less is more approach to the background with this one, trying to get some detail simply with the colour (and a stencil!)

This is what I call my 'bruise' colour combo...yellow green and purple! Gesso on the 8 x 8 chipboard sheetto start with, just to make the colour pop. I then scraped texture paste through a stencil, before getting busy with the colour. I started with yellow, then added sponged and brayered layers of pale green, white and purple.....

Lots of thin layers, just building up the colours!
I sponged gesso through the stencil to give white highlights...

Woah, scaredy Mary!! Comfort zone or not, Love this - the stencil in particular (& I thought I had all the stencils I need, lol). Great background & as to those tenticulars - gosh, certainly make an impact & I too would be somewhat nervous?! Great piece as always Trish! :))